So i've installed the said addon, including files and i can connect to "android tether" and phone vibrates etc... However it says local access only on the pc, i can't get internet. Does anyone have any tips on what i may be doing wrong? Should i not update to the newest files if i am going to run tether or is it all compatible now? I've tried both ways with no luck, i must be doing something wrong...
Touch pro 2, Sprint
I only now make a thread because i've asked a bunch and no answers in the mega thread
You might not be getting any answers because this is the TP1 sub-fora. There's a whole section for the TP2 dude.
Not sure what the status of tethering on the TP2 is, but I recommend you go over there!!!!
I actually got it working, with an aosp version. man seems faster than regular windows. now if only it didn't break all internet when i try to reset my data ;p
I've done my searching through the forums, and I'm either bad at Google or this information is just very hard to find on the XDA forums (I'm guessing it's the latter, because it seems 90% of the information I try to find on these forums takes a good amount of effort beyond a simple search, but that's a different topic).
Anyway, I've seen several options for tethering and as a relatively new Evo user, I'm confused which path to follow.
I am currently running the new Fresh 3.5.0.1 but would be willing to switch ROMs to obtain USB tethering features. The computer I would like to tether has Windows 7 Home Premium, though I dual boot Ubuntu 10.10 occasionally and can also do this if necessary.
Any suggestions (or explicit step-by-step instructions) would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Most, if not all, of the custom ROMs have USB Tethering unlocked. If not, there's a flashable zip that will unlock it and you need HTC Sync installed (not really for HTC Sync but for the HTC Drivers it also installs with it) on your computer.
NoCatharsis said:
I've done my searching through the forums, and I'm either bad at Google or this information is just very hard to find on the XDA forums (I'm guessing it's the latter, because it seems 90% of the information I try to find on these forums takes a good amount of effort beyond a simple search, but that's a different topic).
Anyway, I've seen several options for tethering and as a relatively new Evo user, I'm confused which path to follow.
I am currently running the new Fresh 3.5.0.1 but would be willing to switch ROMs to obtain USB tethering features. The computer I would like to tether has Windows 7 Home Premium, though I dual boot Ubuntu 10.10 occasionally and can also do this if necessary.
Any suggestions (or explicit step-by-step instructions) would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
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I am not 100% sure but I assume that Fresh 3.5.0.1 has the usb tethering fix. If not do a search in the forums for "usb tether fix" and then download and install the apk. After that the rest of these instructions should work for you.
As suggested above go ahead and ensure that you have the latest HTC drivers for your computer installed on the PC. Best bet is to follow instructions that came with the device for sync connection.
This installs ther driver. Then follow instructions to establish a connection/partnerhips for sync.
Now to use USB tether:
On the phone itself when you first connect it to a pc via USB you will see a notification pop up or be at the top of your phone screen. If you do not see the pop up slide the notification bar down from the top of the screen since this is where you choose which type of USB connection you would like to make. The option you want will be USB tether which should be one at the very bottom of the list.
Select this and then make sure to click done at the top left.
After that if the rom has it enabled your pc should have a network connection.
Try browsing to something and verify the connection.
One other suggestion that I have found helpful since I use this quite often is to disable background sync.
Do this by going to settings>accounts and sync> then uncheck background data. This help reduce the applications that may use the connection while you are tethered. Just remember to turn it back on if you want your email and other apps to do syncs.
Good luck!
I've only been able to get 3g with the built in usb tethering (same ROM as the OP).
After much frustration, i succumbed to the madness and went with pdanet. 4G tethering works fine with it. If you want to use access ssl sites, you will have to pay the license fee.
Also, "wireless tether" (code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ , code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-RC2.apk&can=2&q= ) for wifi tethering. I installed RC1 as that's all that was available yesterday. Seemed to work well, supports wpa2 security only, decent speeds up to 5M down, 1M up here in chicago.
If you want the honestly easiest way:
1) Install CyanogenMod (and GApps) on your phone.
2) Install the Android SDK and HTC Drivers (from HTC Sync) on your computer.
3) Be online already for the first connection (so Windows can pull any additional drivers)
4) In CM, go to Settings>Wireless & networks>Tethering & portable hotspot>USB tethering.
5) Enjoy!
In less than a month, we're expecting to have WiMax setup and ready to go on CyanogenMod, possibly along with Gingerbread by then.
A lot of new ROMs have this feature unlocked, but if you really want a good USB tethering feature PDAnet is a free app that doesn't even require root that I STILL use for USB tethering (even though I am rooted)
Thanks guys turns out this latest version of Fresh does have the USB tether unlocked. The system displayed a dialog claiming it's not part of my Sprint plan and was disabled but it actually works fine. After installing HTC Sync of course.
The main issue now appears to be that my 4G isn't tethering - but I'm sure that will be fixed eventually and hey it's all much better than paying Sprint more for something I've already got anyway.
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Over the past 2 weeks, I have tried to research the answers to my questions, but could barely find anything on this particular subject. So it's my first time posting to this forum, and my situation is a little embarrassing. I have had my htc evo for about 1 1/2 years, and I finally decided to root it 2 weeks ago. I've been with sprint for 6 years, and am on the unlimited data family plan, as well as the sprint hotspot feature on my phone, which I pay them 30 dollars additionally every month. I pretty much exclusively use my phone for all tasks and browsing and downloading etc, so I didn't get this feature for the "wireless tethering" , I actually got it so I could discontinue my home wireless internet through cox communications, so my phone is my only wifi source at home. I almost never use an actual pc!
I rooted my evo for 2 reasons mainly: 1) I am sort of an app addict, and I needed to free some space on my phone. I especially love using different keyboards ( which are often very large files). 2) I love customizing my home screens, but want to be able to use icons from icon packs such as crazy home's, with ADW launcher etc. I did a factory data reset on my phone before rooting, and I think I backed up all my apps to my laptop... but I wanted to start fresh anyway, so have not bothered to restore them from my pc to my phone.
Two days before I rooted my phone, Sprint temporarily disconnected my account do to Past due payment. I'm not going to get into the details, But I can't afford to pay off my balance until May. It is what it is, I'm not whining or complaining, times are a little tough for me financially and i just have to deal with not being able to make calls or text for a month. Lol, it's harder than I thought! It's pathetic how dependent my family has become on cell phones and texting for communication. We don't even have a land line. Just to give you a quick background, I didn't even know what sd card was, or a usb cable, before I got my htc evo. I'm not tech savvy at all, But when I first learned what this phone could do I was hooked. I have a laptop at home, But I never use it because a few keys on the keyboard are broken. As a matter of fact, The first time I actually plugged my phone into my pc, was when I rooted it!. I used the unrevoked 3 method, which was fairly straightforward. Because I have no data access right now, I was unable to update my profile etc. And of course, without data access I cannot take advantage of the free wireless tether.
My main question is, did I make a mistake in rooting my phone while not having network access? Right now, if I'm not in a wifi area I basically can't do much with my phone. I downloaded a few apps that allow free calling over a wireless connection, and facebook chat,etc... so I can communicate with my family as long as I'm in a wifi zone. But, I have been afraid to do anything else with my phone because I wanted to do a little research on this. I know some of you are probably thinking, why didn't she research it before she rooted? Lol, I would be saying the same thing! I didn't even think about it until I was done routing and it told me to update my profile. Since then I've been a little freaked. I'm hoping I didn't Make a bad choice. I just wanted to the able to access a few icon packs lol.
Is there anything I should know, or have done differently? Or does it make no difference at all? I guess basically what I'm getting at, is can I go ahead and reset my phone again and start flashing roms, just like I would if I had network access?
Again, please forgive me if I sound ignorant in this matter... because I am. Any advice will be much appreciated.
You can start flashing roms as normal. You didn't make a bad choice rooting without data access, because whether you do or don't doesn't make a different. i would say just make a back up of your apps in titanium backup, then backup your rom before flashing.
And you can pm me if you need any help.
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I would say to reflash ur rom but it might not work try to go back to the sense rom if u have it backed up once u do that update everything under ur settings nd updates nd if it still don't work the only other thing I know u can do is unroot it and take it to.sprint so thay can look it
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Over the past 2 weeks, I have tried to research the answers to my questions, but could barely find anything on this particular subject. So it's my first time posting to this forum, and my situation is a little embarrassing. I have had my htc evo for about 1 1/2 years, and I finally decided to root it 2 weeks ago. I've been with sprint for 6 years, and am on the unlimited data family plan, as well as the sprint hotspot feature on my phone, which I pay them 30 dollars additionally every month. I pretty much exclusively use my phone for all tasks and browsing and downloading etc, so I didn't get this feature for the "wireless tethering" , I actually got it so I could discontinue my home wireless internet through cox communications, so my phone is my only wifi source at home. I almost never use an actual pc!
I rooted my evo for 2 reasons mainly: 1) I am sort of an app addict, and I needed to free some space on my phone. I especially love using different keyboards ( which are often very large files). 2) I love customizing my home screens, but want to be able to use icons from icon packs such as crazy home's, with ADW launcher etc. I did a factory data reset on my phone before rooting, and I think I backed up all my apps to my laptop... but I wanted to start fresh anyway, so have not bothered to restore them from my pc to my phone.
Two days before I rooted my phone, Sprint temporarily disconnected my account do to Past due payment. I'm not going to get into the details, But I can't afford to pay off my balance until May. It is what it is, I'm not whining or complaining, times are a little tough for me financially and i just have to deal with not being able to make calls or text for a month. Lol, it's harder than I thought! It's pathetic how dependent my family has become on cell phones and texting for communication. We don't even have a land line. Just to give you a quick background, I didn't even know what sd card was, or a usb cable, before I got my htc evo. I'm not tech savvy at all, But when I first learned what this phone could do I was hooked. I have a laptop at home, But I never use it because a few keys on the keyboard are broken. As a matter of fact, The first time I actually plugged my phone into my pc, was when I rooted it!. I used the unrevoked 3 method, which was fairly straightforward. Because I have no data access right now, I was unable to update my profile etc. And of course, without data access I cannot take advantage of the free wireless tether.
My main question is, did I make a mistake in rooting my phone while not having network access? Right now, if I'm not in a wifi area I basically can't do much with my phone. I downloaded a few apps that allow free calling over a wireless connection, and facebook chat,etc... so I can communicate with my family as long as I'm in a wifi zone. But, I have been afraid to do anything else with my phone because I wanted to do a little research on this. I know some of you are probably thinking, why didn't she research it before she rooted? Lol, I would be saying the same thing! I didn't even think about it until I was done routing and it told me to update my profile. Since then I've been a little freaked. I'm hoping I didn't Make a bad choice. I just wanted to the able to access a few icon packs lol.
Is there anything I should know, or have done differently? Or does it make no difference at all? I guess basically what I'm getting at, is can I go ahead and reset my phone again and start flashing roms, just like I would if I had network access?
Again, please forgive me if I sound ignorant in this matter... because I am. Any advice will be much appreciated.
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Not being able to update the profile won't make any difference at all, if you have no data connection to begin with. Once you're able to get things situated, and you need to get your phone activated again, you'll just need to make sure you're on a Sense rom before you activate it again. No worries, you can flash away all you want, with or without a data connection.
Also, how have you had your Evo for 1 1/2 years!? They were released June 4th last year!
Ha ha really? I feel like I've had this evo for years.. since the day I got it I've been like a kid in a candy store! Thanks for the reassurance everyone. Unfortunately, I've just encountered the problem with the SD card not being recognized by my phone or my PC. According to my research, I'm supposed to find this file on my SD card under android. secure and delete it? But my PC isn't recognizing my card, and my apps that are on SD are seen by my phone. I get a force close when attempting to unmount SD. My market apps won't install or uninstall.... ugh. Like an idiot,I never did a Nandroid backup. I really don't care about losing my app backups though,I just don't want to mess up my phone. All this information is overwhelming me... Nandroid this, titanium that, recovery boot, drivers, and on and on.... so much advice is outdated I don't know which to follow. I'm a dummy! That's why I need my smartphone to help me out lol.... how do I fix this?
Eek....I just saw a gigantic spider.... creepy..
in a nutshell, you can do anything with your phone, without data access, or service.
I rooted and flashed the ROM I did for my old Moment, after it had been turned off so I could sell it.
Now that you are rooted, I uses Titanium backup for all my apps/data. I only backup actually apps, not HTC stuff, etc, or anything that comes with the ROM you flash.
You can tell this becasue the apps are in white lettering in the Backup menu.
At least they are on mine, and I use all default settings.
rooted without data access
Thanks everyone...I fixed my problem with my sd card, turns out mine had gotten corrupted so I will deal with that later.I just put in my other card and Im back in business....lost all my personal info though. Thats the least of my worries. Someone said I can do anything on my phone without data service, but they must mean only when I am in Wifi zone right ? See, unfortunately, I dont live in a populated area. I have no wifi access at home and there are hardly any free wifi spots in town. At home, I can see that there are wifi networks around (linkys via cox communications), but they are locked. Oh, thats another question i had....why do people lock their wifi? I never did, and I have no problem letting others access mine when they need it. Should I? If so, why?I am so sorry if I sound clueless again, but Im learning a little more every day thanks to people like you!
So as far as communication, Im out of luck. A couple months ago,I had an issue connecting to the network while i was at home, but i just turned on my sprint hotspot and i had instant network access so i couldnt call or text, but i was able to get a hold of my daughter on facebook lol. How did my phone do that? I dont get it. I am going to a couple of those prepaid phones tomorrow so we can make calls in the meantime.
As far as navigation, any tips on how to find any apps that dont need network access that work well? I found a couple, but they seem so complicated to set up. And, I tried Nettalk for making calls over wifi but it only works sometimes. I read about apps that offer free sms and calls over wifi but I couldnt find one that was stable.
I cant wait to get my service restored..I didnt realize how much I depended on it. I still havent flashed any ROMS...Im a little nervous. I still dont totally understand what is different about my evo now tthat its rooted, but i plan to educate myself once I get full access to wifi again.
Any advice/tips is very much appreciated. Thanks again for this useful forum.
Ok, I am sorry if this has been beaten to death but I could not find my answer in the search.
I was hoping to get back my 3rd party wifi tether by rooting my g-nex. I was good at doing that on my droid x, but there seem to be so many different ways and different opinions.
I thought using this link and root toolkit 1.1 would give me back my wifi:
http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-57352473-285/how-to-easily-root-your-galaxy-nexus/
I figure c-net has never lead me astray before. So I download and unlock my bootloader, make a back-up of my apps, root, restore my apps and.......nothing.
I tried 1-click tether, and it shows that it is send signal...nothing
open garden say it opens, but with error's
Barnacle wifi tether- NAT: could not set MTU of rmnet1: Invalid
WIFI: Failed to connect to supplicant: no such file
or directory
Stopped unexpectedly!
Why all the detail? I am not sure that by restoring the apps I did something to the root.
Also, if this was not a good choice of root; is there one that is that easy and better?
I am not a big mod guy, I just think its BS that verizion wants to charge double and as long as I can I will not stand for it. I have no problem paying for apps, or donating to programers. So please no bashing me for something that should be free.
http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ - Free
http://www.clockworkmod.com/ - $5
http://www.mobile-stream.com/easytether/android.html - $10
The top one is in a constant state of development and you are guaranteed no support.
The bottom two are USB tether options and don't require root.
There are more out there, but I know that these three work.
Note: I'm having speed issues with these, but I think it's something to do with my phone in particular...
My GS6 grew into this error about 6 months ago so I stopped using the phone. It is showing up in all apps, on WiFi and cell service, not just chrome from the screenshots. Ie a lot of apps have problems because they always thing that I have an unsecured connection. If I refresh, I can usually get in to work, but it takes time on each website I visit. I am confident it's the phone, but have no idea beyond that.
Since the error has started, I have hard reset, re-rooted and re-flashed and gone back to stock again. Nothing seems to fix it. I've even followed a few websites which seem to try and fix this.
Has anyone else experienced this? Any idea for a fix? I'm willing to re-root and flash, but that might have been what got me into this mess in the first place. I am really out of ideas and am about to sell for parts because it's been so frustrating to deal with.
Thanks in advance!
There are several possible solutions, all listed here: https://www.thesslstore.com/blog/fix-ssl-connection-errors-android-phones/
The easiest is to check that the date/time is correct on your phone. If that is out of sync, it can cause these problems.
One other possible cause is to check the accounts on your phone. Maybe an old work account of something that is no longer active? Even if you only have one account on your phone, delete it and then add it back.